Recovery Worker

Overview

Do you want to help build a brighter future for communities and individuals in Hackney while doing a highly rewarding job? Turning Point's drug & alcohol services are currently expanding during an exciting time in the sector with new funding and investment. We have a range of roles for people passionate about supporting others to make change.

• Community based treatment services: providing assessment, coordinating treatment and working partnership to support individuals, delivering structured psycho‑social interventions in group and one‑to‑one level to enable service users to acquire thinking skills and behaviours to make lasting change.
• Homeless outreach provision: targeting homeless individuals, offering a flexible and outreach response to highly vulnerable individuals sleeping rough or living in temporary accommodation.
• Criminal Justice rehabilitation/recovery services: working closely with the Probation Services, Prisons and Police to provide a rapid, tailored response to individuals that support their recovery and rehabilitation.

Recovery Workers act as ‘key workers’ to a caseload of service users, supporting them to decide their goals around treatment and develop plans to achieve these. The role includes maintaining regular contact with clients, offering advice, information and psycho‑social interventions, providing assessments, risk management planning and working closely with clinical staff around prescribing needs and partner agencies.

No day is the same in this role, so an ability to communicate effectively with a range of service users and colleagues, manage different tasks and commit to Turning Point values is essential.

You may have lived experience of substance misuse, mental health or homelessness (self or a significant other), experience supporting people in health and social care or a keen interest in this group. Candidates with excellent communication skills and who share our values are sought. We value lived experience but also those just interested; our Trainee Recovery Worker programme enables entry‑level positions for individuals without all relevant experience.

Knowledge of relapse and other barriers to recovery, flexibility to work dynamically on a one‑to‑one and group basis, and the ability to identify opportunities to improve service quality and user experience are vital.

We support you in every way we can with our total reward package, including:

• 25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing to 27 days + Bank Holidays with each year of service.
• Option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

We also offer a culture supporting recognition and celebration, opportunities to boost your career, and extensive training to help develop your skills.

Starting salary £31,832 with annual pay progression up to £36,300 (inclusive of ILW £3,633).